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Unfortunately the surgery didn't make the difference to my health that everyone had hoped. It appears that I have a patient-prosthesis mismatch, which, as I understand it, means that although I have a new valve, my heart is still under strain during
Reading, Researching life on the Home Front during WW2, Folk and Country music.
Reading, Researching life on the Home Front during WW2, Folk and Country music.
- Location
- Cardiff, South Wales, UK
- Surgery
- I had a mechanical aortic valve replacement 5 years ago.
- Medications
- Warfarin (coumadin), Furosemide, Spironolactone, Simvastatin, Ramipril
- Occupation
- No longer working. Used to work in the University Library.
- Referral
- I found the web site before my surgery in 2001 and became a member. You helped me keep my sanity before and after surgery. I have not been on line at home until now and I think my membership must have lapsed.